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Get to Know YOUR zones via Blood Lactate Testing

Blood Lactate Testing for either Run or Bike
Utilizing FaCT protocol, this testing will determine your individual heart rate training zones and can look directly at the effectiveness of your training and workouts. At the end of each test, we will be able to help determine what your limiting factor is and hence, provide recommendations for improvement and development. We will review the data collected with you after each test and will be able to help determine your training zones. Take the “guess” out of your training and avoid utilizing formulas that are not accurate.

The Test:
Each test takes between 60min to 90mins to complete. Make sure that you are well rested and fueled before attending. After the test, we will go over your results and interpret the data with you. We will determine your training zones moving forward so that you can train with confidence in your heart rate zones. In addition, you will receive a prescription on the workouts to focus on for the next 4 to 6 weeks. Each test includes a print out of your results for future reference.

What is Blood Lactate?
Lactate is a metabolic byproduct of your bodies energy production process. It is produced in the muscle during exercise and can be measured in the blood by taking a small sample from the finger tip. This is done in the same manner as diabetic patients checking their blood sugar level. The blood lactate level increases with exercise intensity and show clearly the transition from oxygen dependent glycolysis to oxygen independent energy production.

Why measure Blood Lactate?
Blood lactate can be used by sports scientists, coaches and athletes to accurately determine appropriate training intensities, recovery periods and much more. Blood lactate is far more precise than the outdated and inaccurate method of using percentage of maximum heart rate to set training zones. Because heart rate responses vary wildly between individuals, each training zone needs to be determined by physiological variables, not by mathematical formulas. Furthermore, the relationship between exercise intensity and heart rate is different for different activities. Training recommendations for running will NOT be the same as heart rate recommendations for cycling!

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Additional Testing Services:

Challenge By Choice has partnered with ATP Sports Science center to provide additional testing services to athletes looking for further options of high performance data. Ask us for further information.
Services offered by ATP Sports Science:

Lactate Balance Point testing (Lactate Pro).
Metabolic training zones evaluation
Respiratory Endurance Training (Spirotiger)
VO2 and RMR testing (Fitmate Pro) leading to more accurate determination of metabolic training zones.
Cardiac output and cardiac parameters testing and training (PhysioFlow non-invasive cardiac testing unit),
PortaMon portable NIRS system for measurements on the tissue O2 saturation of the investigated muscle.